Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Removal of nasogastric tube fragments from three horses.
- Journal:
- Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
- Year:
- 1992
- Authors:
- DiFranco, B et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery · United States
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
Three horses were brought in because they had pieces of a polyurethane nasogastric tube stuck in their bodies. For two of the horses, the vets were able to carefully pull out the fragments from either the esophagus or stomach using a special tool called a snare, which was inserted through an endoscope (a thin tube with a camera). The third horse needed surgery to remove the tube pieces from its stomach. All three horses had their tube fragments successfully removed.
Abstract
Three horses were admitted for retrieval of polyurethane nasogastric tube fragments. The fragments were removed from the esophagus or stomach of 2 horses by manipulation of a snare introduced through the biopsy port of an endoscope. The fragments were surgically removed from the stomach of the third horse.
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